I’m a queer and I’ll tell you what I think. Gerry if you want to help protect in queers here from violence, some war in Iraq is the least likely place to start. Start here Gerry, start at home. Let’s start with you.

“La tortura no es cultura” was the phrase used when Catalonia officially banned bullfighting in 2010.
It translates to mean “torture is not culture” and it’s a moving phrase that has stuck in my mind over the last 10 years or so of animal advocacy I’ve seen.

Yesterday many of us heard were horrified to hear of homeless families affected by New Zealand’s housing crisis who have been left with no option other than to take out shockingly expensive short-term loans from WINZ to pay for highly inflated motel costs. These loans accumulate at the rate of over $1000 per week.

No one wants to hear from him any more. He’s not helping survivors of domestic violence and neither are the New Zealand Herald if they think that continually giving Veitch this platform is showing guys that accountability is OK.

If someone says they have been raped that is their body, their words. Imagine how devastating it would be if someone told you you were letting yourself get raped. That is the essence of the victim-blaming mentality we want shut down.

In a great example of how not to think – here or anywhere else – and what locals have called “A painful metaphor of ongoing colonialism in the country” Coke create an ad that’s so racist it brings a whole new dimension to racism. Fun!

“No! You don’t get to degrade the public services to the point you’re running an unsolicited austerity sham and then go party it up and pat yourself on the back and feel great about your politics. Your politics are bad and you should feel bad.”

Around two years ago I submitted your petition – a petition signed by 111,000 New Zealanders – to parliament. We spoke up strongly together on the streets and through our signatures against rape culture, the government’s inaction on rape, and the violence of the Roastbusters.

Hey remember that time you agreed with the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and you threw up into your own mouth a little? The guy that Spain just issued an arrest warrant for over the 2010 Gaza flotilla attack?

Charlie Sheen is a narcissistic, misogynistic scumbag who many New Zealanders love. We heard today his supposedly “earnest, open and honest” declarations regarding his HIV status. But what we also heard was truly some of the most scurrilous and disturbing scapegoating of sex workers by Charlie and reporter Matt Lauer.

A revolting, ignorant response from Michelle Boag (former National Party president) today claiming opposition members were “parading their victimhood” in disclosing their experiences with sexual violence.

Sexual violence is something we don’t talk about. It’s swept under the rug because discussing it is uncomfortable. Disclosure points at perpetrators who are usually known and sometimes respected, and has often been something that damages the reputation of the survivor

We have a right to an honest appraisal of mould from our health authorities; this means an honest attempt for them to make homes safe and published information on how to use our own resources to best protect our families